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Wingless wrote

Does anybody believe this story about how they're not granting governments access? Because it's easy to say no to the CIA. Because there's nothing that could be leveraged against them. Because corporations hate money. Uh-huh.

These are slave devices for slaves.. If we're going to have a society where nobody has computers, then fuck, let's get Ted Kaczinsky out of jail, into the White House, and do it PROPER - so we don't have ransomware in our hospitals, hackers controlling our banks, and foreign agents putting poison in the drinking water all by remote. Why have all the drawbacks of the corrupted Electronics Age, and none of the benefits?

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Rambler wrote

That's a great resource to be able to comply with all the wildly varying state to state laws. Also good if you want to add a non-residents permit for a state you don't live in to just see how many additional states it adds to your ability to free travel.

What a fucked up world where any of that is even a requirement.

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Wahaha OP wrote

Short answer, no. WebP is a mixed bag. Might be better or might be worse. No compelling reason to make a switch, yet, unless faced with very specific scenarios.

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Wahaha OP wrote

Reply to comment by spc50 in Normal day in Japan by Wahaha

It's somewhat too common to be only considered a subculture, though, it's mostly restricted to Tokyo. And it's not "young looking women", but actual schoolgirls who do cosplay and have jobs at maid cafes.

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J0yI9YUX41Wx wrote

Reply to comment by Rambler in I'll wait... by Rambler

Eh, some conservatives are upset by the book Heather Has Two Mommies. I would argue that those conservatives are not "the good guys", thus validating Ramaswamy's point. So, yeah, he's pretty much right!

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spc50 wrote

Looks like pedo bait to me.

Is there a subculture in Japan of sexual deviants who like young looking women dressed up like a french maid?

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spc50 wrote

Reply to I'll wait... by Rambler

You shouldn't ever censor the free speech and expression of anyone else.

Banning a book? Sure, let's not put pedo materials in an elementary school. Let's not put Penthouse in the boy's bathroom.

There has to be some appropriate audience and placement where unacceptable.

But preventing the printing of. That's bonkers. I don't care if it is the Anarchist's Bible (self wounding will happen) or it's some fringe deviant sex crap that runs afoul of current laws.

Those who seek to censor broadly are enemies of humanity.

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spc50 wrote

In fairness, that is some cheap / weak metal with a very low melting point.

Same video was one with the LEDs... That's interesting pulse charger that could be made to siphon some energy.

Those Lister motors are just wonderful. Almost bought one years back. Sad I didn't.

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spc50 wrote

There is a name for this movement - which I do not know. It is not just in Denmark.

It is a global thing at this time.

I found the article funny. That men have been turned into accessories, sperm donors and perma paycheck since they got laid once and bore child.

That description applies to the United States experience since at least the 1960's. 50-60 years into this horrible insanity in the US.

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spc50 wrote (edited )

Thank you Rambler!

May I recommend this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Privacy Redirect catches common spy platforms and bounces you to privacy respecting alt wrappers.. This includes Invidious instances for avoiding YouTube (which you can manually plug this new one into).

Same plugin exists for Chrome (die Google!).

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spc50 wrote

... I thought we had laws over US companies on being pawned like this.

They are supposed to notify people.

Hate to tell my liberal idealistic friends conducting such hate campaigns, but this ceaseless pursuit of politically in opposite to you doesn't end well. Two party system is an illusion. Theater. Two wings of the same lying bird.

You just are going to cause utter dis-abandonment of sites, web, etc. All of them.

I couldn't care any less because I view liberal pursuits as what already wrecked the technology almost 20 years ago. Not a silly-con valley firm at mass scale who isn't wonky liberal. Go abroad it they are headed up by control freaks with clearer stripes.

Only going to defund yourselves and send everyone into hidden and much more fortified private spaces. Your endless data collection and intelligence will die swiftly.

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